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May 26 2015
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is no new kid on the block, but its presence on dairy farms seems to be growing. Ron Erskine, D.V.M., from Michigan State University, kicked off the Minnesota Dairy Health Conference...
May 26 2015
As a nation's economy grows and develops, protein, from meat and other sources, is often the first dietary addition its citizens seek. But, for those of us residing in already industrialized nations, could...
May 26 2015
Americans are now eating more meals in restaurants than at home. That is a historical first, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data that has been officially tracked since 1992
May 18 2015
If you are a dairy farmer, Domino's should matter to you. As one of the top-performing company stocks in the Fortune 100, Domino's is also among the biggest users of cheese . . . as 25 percent of all...
May 18 2015
Twenty-one billion dollars in gross domestic product (GDP), $65 billion in total sales "ripple effects," and a driver of 189,000 jobs are just three of the staggering impacts that dairying has on the economic...
May 18 2015
Where do you believe the world's most modern fluid milk plant would be situated? The U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Australia or in one of the nation's of Europe would all be fair answers to the question posed...
May 18 2015
The U.S. dairy industry continues to grow and change in many ways, but the actual number of dairy farms has been declining at a fairly steady clip. In fact, the only state to gain herds in 2014 was Pennsylvania....
May 18 2015
"We've had a big decline to normalcy," stated Mark Stephenson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison when comparing milk prices from 2014 to 2015. "If you are concerned about milk prices this year, you...
May 11 2015
This would be an excellent idea, as outlined in "Number of digesters to triple by 2025." However, to make it work, those who want to reach the digester goal would be well served to talk with the 244 people...
May 11 2015
"When I first started out, I thought I could change the world if I had the right equipment. Later, I realized that a big part of everything is the people." Those words could ring true for almost any industry,...
May 11 2015
A product dubbed "Pocket Milk" is one South Korean company's solution to providing children with the essential nutrients found in milk in lieu of them drinking enough fluid milk to meet the equivalent...
May 11 2015
The recently released Food and Drug Administration (FDA) milk residue study found that only 0.78 percent of the samples tested were positive for antibiotic residues. The in-depth investigation looked at...
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